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  • Master Sgt. Dallas Webb, 16th Communications Squadron. (Courtesy Photograph)

    CS mourns loss of one of their own

    A master sergeant from the 16th Communications Squadron was pronounced dead Wednesday morning at an area hospital. Master Sgt. Dallas Webb, 43, was found unconscious in the backyard of his home in Commando Village at approximately 7 a.m. He was transported by ambulance to Fort Walton Beach Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 7:53
  • Senior Airman Adam Servais was a combat controller assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. He was killed Aug. 19 when his vehicle came under hostile fire in Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province. (Courtesy photo)

    23rd gathers to say goodbye

    A memorial service was held here Aug. 25 to honor a combat controller killed in combat in Afghanistan less than a week ago.Senior Airman Adam P. Servais, 23rd Special Tactics Squadron, was assigned to a special forces operational detachment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom when he was killed by enemy fire in the Oruzgan Province Aug.

  • 11th IS Airman receives Bronze Star for actions in Southwest Asia

    A Bronze Star was awarded to the 11th Intelligence Squadron acting director of operations during a ceremony at Air Force Special Operations Command Head-quarters Wednesday morning. Capt. Loree Filizer received the medal for her actions leading to an airstrike in June that killed a known enemy of the United States. "My job was to help facilitate
  • Senior Airman Adam Servais was a combat controller assigned to the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Fla. He was killed Aug. 19 when his vehicle came under hostile fire in Afghanistan's Uruzgan Province. (Courtesy photo)

    Combat Controller Killed in Afghanistan

    A memorial service will be held in Freedom Hangar at 9 a.m. August 25, 2006  to honor 23rd Special Tactics Squadron combat controller Senior Airman Adam Servais who was killed in action in Afghanistan Saturday. Airman Servais, who was working side-by-side with the Afghan National Army as part of a special operations forces team, died when his

  • 720th Special Tactics Group opens new Battlefield Airman Clinic

    The 720th Special Tactics Group recently cut the ribbon on a brand new medical clinic designed to better serve the unique physical needs of Battlefield Airmen. Maj. Gen. Don Wurster, Air Force Special Operations Command, vice commander, officially opened the new Battlefield Airman Clinic envisioned more than a year ago and completed entirely as a

  • Stratton takes command of 720th Special Tactics Group

    Col. Marc Stratton assumed command of the 720th Special Tactics Group here on August 9th from Col. Ken Rodriguez. "There is no greater honor for a commander than to pass the mantle of command from one great leader to another," said Lt. Gen. Mike Wooley, Air Force Special Operations Command, commander. Colonel Rodriguez, who assumed command of the
  • An Airman from the 8th Special Operations Squadron nears Hurlburt Field Aug. 9 with the unit's guidon. As part of the 8th SOS transition festivities, a team of Airmen ran the guidon 26 miles back to Hurlburt Field the same way it was delivered to Duke Field six years ago. (U.S. Air Force photograph by Senior Airman Andy Kin)

    Blackbirds return to Hurlburt nest, await new wings

    The 8th Special Operations Squadron ran its flag the 26 miles back to Hurlburt Field Wednesday after running it to Duke Field in February 2000. The run marked the beginning of festivities celebrating the squadron's return to Hurlburt Field and the beginning of its transition from the MC-130E Combat Talon I to the CV-22 Osprey. The squadron,

  • Punk NCO to command chief a dream realized for AFSOC's new enlisted leader

    His journey from self-described "punk NCO jumping out of airplanes" to leader of Air Force Special Operations Command's enlisted force is a dream come true for Chief Master Sgt. Michael Gilbert. Chief Gilbert took the reins as AFSOC's command chief master sergeant here today. The former special operations weatherman said that the quality of the

  • Maintenance troops receive AF honors

    A Bronze Star was awarded to an MH-53 Pave Low production superintendent from the 16th Helicopter Maintenance Squadron at a ceremony in the 20th Special Operation Squadron July 27. Additionally, Tech. Sgt. Mark Skerrett, 16th HMXS, was presented the Air Force Commendation medal, third oak leaf cluster with valor; and Staff Sgt. Sean Allen, 16th
  • The 6th Special Operations Squadron is shown with several of the squadron’s unique aircraft. The 6th SOS assesses, trains, advises and assists foreign nation aviation forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force Photograph by Airman 1st Class Ali Flisek)

    6th SOS performs unique mission worldwide

    (This is part one of a four part series on the 6th Special Operations Squadron) The 6th Special Operations Squadron's mission is to assess, train, advise and assist foreign aviation forces in airpower employment, sustainment and force integration. That's what the fact sheet says. "We support the National Security Policy by helping foreign friends
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